For Sale!

We are selling our 1990 Ford Thunderbird if anyone is interested! It has been a great car for us, but with the expanding belly and then having a carseat to put in the back, the coupe just isn't going to do it anymore. 

We just put a brand new battery in it last weekend and cleaned it up really good. 

Here are some pictures!

As you can see, there are some asthetical things such as the plastic dash in the front splitting and it has some rust and paint chips and things like that. Most of the mechanical things inside the car work very well, some are left a little wanting but mechanically this car is solid! 

It has gotten us from Rexburg to Boise multiple times and from Rexburg to Salt Lake and from Boise to Salt Lake. We even took it clear from Rexburg to Portland and back and it was driven to Rexburg from Seattle. It drives so smooth and is really a fun car to drive. One of the things that doesn't work on it however, is the odometer. It stopped at 233K miles and that was before we got it. We are estimating that it has close to 300K on it now. But we have never had any problems with the engine or anything. The only thing we have had to do to it was replace the battery and that was just because it was from 2007 and died. 

We are selling it for $1000 so if you are interested let me know! :)

In other news:

Remember the awesome car that we bought last week? Well it had a few things that needed to be fixed on it so we have slowly been fixing them. The first thing we fixed was the driver's side mirror. It was broken and so we took it into A-1 Windshield and they replaced it for $25! They are so awesome!

The headlights were foggy so we got a headlight restoration kit and shined them up as well. Here are some before and after pictures of it! Don't they look great??

 

 Isn't he just the cutest? 

This was just with the left side done but doesn't it look great? :) My hubby is pretty talented huh?

I guess I don't have a picture of it with both headlights done but it looks way good. 

The next thing to be done is the license plate holder on the front is broken and needs to be replaced. I looked on amazon.com and found one for around $8 so I will be ordering that within the next few days. 

Tomorrow we are taking it into a mechanic because we are pretty sure that the timing belt is the original one and since it has 102K miles on it, we need to get it changed. Otherwise it could completely destroy the engine if that breaks. No thanks, I don't want to buy a new engine. After that, I think that will be all that needs to be done to it! And it hopefully won't cost us too much. Starving college kids and all. All in all though I have been so happy with it! I love to drive it and do you want to know what the best part is? It only costs $35 to fill the tank :) Now that I can handle!! All we have to do now is think of a name for it. If you have any suggestions let me know! I'm drawing a blank! :) 

Well, I think that's enough for now, I'll probably post again within the next few days with a baby post. It's been a while since I've taken a belly picture and it is about time I fix that situation :) 

Until next time!

We bought a new car!

Yep you read that right! We bought a new car! Well, it's a 2004 so it's not necessarily new but it's new to us! And I LOVE it!!! I like the T-Bird that we have but with it being a 1990 and a coupe and my being pregnant and it having so many miles on it and it not getting super wonderful gas mileage, we decided that we needed to get something different. So we have been looking around and I found a 2004 Dodge Neon for sale here in Rexburg in our price range. We went and looked at it on Monday and test drove it and then had our friend come with us on Tuesday to check it over and then we handed over the $3600 smack-a-roos and drove off with it! And I LOVE it! It drives so well, and it's easier to get in and out of. And it's a 4 door which means that I can get a car seat in the back much easier than I would have been able to in the T-Bird. The guy that we got it from said that it gets around 30 mpg on the freeway which is better than our other car.  

Here's a picture!! 

We got it licensed, the title transferred and insurance put on it and so we are ready to roll! It is so much fun to drive. 

So we are selling the T-Bird if anyone is interested. We just put a brand new battery in it this weekend and it still runs great! It will be posted on Craigslist, KSL and facebook so keep your eyes peeled! :)

In other news, school started this week and it's been going pretty well. I am just taking classes on campus Tuesday and Thursday and taking 3 online classes so I am home MWF which has been really nice. I get so much done around the house. I don't think I have ever finished laundry in one day like I did today. It was great! 

Jake likes his classes too. His Monday, Wednesday classes are killer because they are spread clear throughout the day. He starts at 7:45, comes home at 9 and then has a 2 hour break before his next class. Then he has an hour break between that and then two classes back to back until 5:30. It is long but he is doing great and Fridays he only has one class in the morning. It will be nice to be able to have a long weekend almost instead of being stuck in classes all day Friday :) 

Anyways, that's what's going on with us. Until next time!

Surprise!!!

So Monday afternoon we went to the doctor's office for the official ultrasound where they measure a bunch of stuff and make sure that everything looks good. We got there and told the tech that we had gotten one done about a month ago and that they had told us it was a girl. She checked to make sure that they were right aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand..............They were wrong! We have a very healthy baby boy growing! He definitely wasn't shy about showing us the goods, it was almost like he was saying stop calling me a girl! 

We weren't all that surprised actually when she told us that our little girl is really a little boy because that is what we had thought it was all along. I had resigned myself to the fact that we were having a girl and I was excited about it and had picked out some outfits and fabric already but Jake always thought that the first tech was wrong and that we were having a boy. He said that he just didn't see us with a girl yet, like it didn't fit. And he was right! 

Here are the pictures we got from it :)

See, definitely boy ;)

Here's some profile shots of our little cutie :) I can't wait to hold him!!!

In this one he is yawning. It was pretty cool to watch him do that on the screen. 

We are super excited about this little guy and can't wait for him to get here! We set up the crib today in the spare room and cleaned that out. The crib is filled with the other baby stuff that we have so that there is room  for other things, like the air mattress we are hoping will fit when my family comes to visit us this weekend! 

Want to know something really kind of freaky? We hare having a baby in less than 15 weeks! 15 weeks!!!! That is so crazy! And a little overwhelming to be honest. But I am getting really really excited and can't wait for him to get here so I will be able to hold him and see what he looks like. There is a myth about the Smith gene and that is that the Smith babies have big heads. Ouch. Not excited for that part haha.

I am 24 weeks and 4 days as of today and baby measures in at 24 weeks exactly. The tech said that he is estimated to be about 1 lb 8 oz so right on schedule. I have been so tired the last couple of days because we have been moving our stuff back into our apartment and getting it just put back together before school starts next week. I am taking two classes on campus and 3 online this semester so that if this little wiggler comes early I won't miss ALL my classes. This semester Jake and I are taking a class together :) I think it is going to be fun since I've never taken a class with him before. Anyways, that's a little bit about what's been going on here in good old Rexburg :)

Three More Days

Yep, only three more days until we are going back to Rexburg. We are a little sad to be leaving here, it's been warm and we have made some awesome friends that we are going to miss but for the most part, we are SOOOO ready to go back. I can't tell you how tired I am of seeing women in next to no clothing on every billboard and in every store. The traffic here is insane too. It's either stomping on the gas or stomping on the brake, there's not really any in between. 

Something that I'm not looking forward to however, is the weather change! 

Take a look. We are going to be going from nice 80-90 degree weather, sun shining, birds singing etc.....

To this. 40-50 degree weather and RAIN/SNOW MIX on Monday with no birds or sunshine! Our first full day back. Yuck. 

I can't wait to get back to all of our stuff and be in a place where we feel comfortable again, but I mean come on! Last week Rexburg was coming up on 60 degrees! Can't we have that back instead? Pretty please? haha 

Ok I will stop ranting about the weather. On to other news, how about baby news!

As of today I am 23 weeks and 5 days.

 Sounds great huh! Until I realize that there are only 16 weeks and 2 days until this little girl is supposed to show her shining face! AHHHHH!!!!! That hit me a few days ago and I started to freak out just a little. 16 weeks?? What?? Jake and I as PARENTS? What in the world were we thinking. Then I calm down and realize that I'm just like every other pregnant woman out there freaking out that there is actually going to be another person that I am responsible for coming soon. Nope, doesn't really help. But I am so excited to be a mom. I can't wait! And the grandmas have already gotten the bug too. 

My mom has been making an I-Spy quilt for the baby as well as gotten some super cute clothes for her! And the same goes for my Mother-in-Law who has made some burp cloths, a blanket and gotten some outfits for her too. We went to St George a few weeks ago and met up with Jake's parents and Dawn and I went and picked out fabric for another quilt and I am so excited for it! 

We haven't gotten too much for her yet since we are in Vegas and only have what space we have in the truck to move back but we did buy a crib! For only $50! AND it comes with a mattress. 

We were at a friends house one afternoon and their neighbor saw that I was pregnant and asked if we had a crib yet and that he had one that they used for a couple weeks and then decided they didn't want it anymore and got a different one. We asked him how much he wanted for it and he said $50 and you can have everything! So we got the crib (which converts into a toddler bed!), mattress, 3 sets of fitted sheets, and two mattress pad things. Can you say STEAL???? I wanted it but knew that there was no way we would be able to get it home so I started to say no but then Jake said we will take it! I was like wait a minute, did that just come out of your mouth? haha He said it wouldn't be a problem to get it back with us since we have the truck, we can just lay it across the top and strap it down. So I gave him a big kiss and we bought it :) 

I can't wait to get back to Rexburg and clean out the spare room we have and get going on baby room! Expect to see a lot of stuff up for sale. We will have a fondue pot, roaster oven/pan, a blender and lots of other neat stuff so stay tuned! 

Something else that I am really excited for is my family is coming to visit us when we get back to Rexburg! Yay!! They will be hanging with us the weekend after we get back and I can't wait! Slumber party at the Smith's! :) 

Aren't we a cute bunch? :) I can't wait to see them! 

Ok well that's enough for today. Until next time! 

We have Movement!

That's right! We have felt our little girl move around officially! Last night she kicked really good for Jake a couple of times. You should have seen his face, it was priceless :) Kind of a look of what-the-heck-was-that and that-is-the-weirdest-thing-i've-ever-felt-in-my-life combination haha.

 I have been feeling her move around for about a week and a half now but two nights ago was the first time I felt it with my hand. I told Jake to hurry and come here and put his hand where mine had been. It took a couple of minutes but he felt her move too. It was really faint but still movement. 

All day yesterday he had been trying to feel her move again, but she was either asleep or just wasn't in the mood so there wasn't much movement. 

Then last night she was going to town and I had him do it again and she did probably 3 or 4 big kicks! Enough that I watched his hand move up and down when she did it. Pretty nifty stuff I would say :) haha 

We were to excited about her moving around and I just had to share :) 

Oh and because I could, I made a countdown thing on how long it is until we move back to Rexburg. 

It's over there if you're curious haha ------> 

It's a GIRL!!!!!

We decided to go to an ultrasound studio here in Las Vegas and find out colors to start planning for for our little bean! 

We were going to fly up to Rexburg but it would have cost over $400 and on our budget that just wasn't going to work so we found this place that does a gender check for $55 and jumped on it. We found out last Friday that we are having a girl! It was a little hard to determine but the tech said she was very confident in telling us that it was a GIRL!!! :) Yay! 

Anyone that wants to see the video of the ultrasound here it is! It is hard to tell what you're looking at most of the time but every once in a while the tech would stay still and not move around and you can see our little girl moving which was very cool! 

I haven't felt much movement but there has been some and it has been picking up ever since we got the ultrasound. Or maybe I'm just finally realizing that those little "gas bubbles" I have been feeling are actually the baby haha who knows. I keep trying to get Jake to feel her move but I guess she's not that strong yet and he doesn't feel anything. Oh well, there's time right? :) 

We are very excited about having a girl and I can't wait to get back to Rexburg and start getting things ready for her to come! 

What's Happenin' with us?

There's lots of things happening with us!

We did in fact move to Las Vegas and have been here for a month.

It's been fun mostly but also kind of overwhelming. It's much bigger than anything we are used to and it's a little scary sometimes. I still haven't really driven here because it's either pedal to the metal or skreetching to a halt. Yeah, it's fun here :) 

We have done some fun stuff while we've been here though. We went and walked around the Strip a few weeks ago and let me tell you. That was an experience. You have to keep your eyes about 2 feet higher than you normally would to not see the little cards with women that need more clothes on that are being pushed on you wherever you go. Yeah. It really happens. But there is a lot of cool architecture there. The buildings are so distinct and don't just look like a normal building. I almost felt like we were back in Disneyland because of it. Almost. Except in Disneyland, the ladies keep their chests and bottoms covered....here not so much. 

But here are some pictures that I took when we were walking around. Not very many though sorry. Enjoy!

 This was in the Bellagio Hotel where we parked.

Here is where the fountains "play" at the Bellagio. Not doing anything now but I did get a video of it. Though it wasn't all that special because it was to My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion and, let's be honest, that song doesn't have much of a "peak" if that makes sense.

I tried to upload the video but it didn't work so I'll have to figure out another way to do it and then i'll post it.

So what else have we been doing here? Well, Monday was President's Day and Jake had the day off. So in the morning we went to Krispy Kreme's for breakfast and while we were there I found out that there is a zoo here! I asked if we could go and after much groveling Jake said we could. :) Ok, so it didn't take much convinsing because we hadn't thought of anyhting else to do but still, I was excited! Jake....not so much. 

See?

Actually he was more like really? Why do you need a picture of me driving haha 

 I on the other hand was very excited about going to the zoo :) I love going! 

 Can you see this picture? Can you see what the price of gas is here? Can you say gag me? Yeah this is what the gas prices look like around here. It was only around $3 when we moved here a month ago. It makes me sick! :( I saw this on our way to the zoo and had to document how horrendous the gas prices are. It's horrible.

Anyway, so we finally go to the zoo and we paid $9 a person to get it. This is pretty average for the zoos that I've been to before so it didn't bother me. Until we got inside. I took a picture of every attraction that they had there. I think there might have been 20? Total? Definately not worth the $18 that we paid to get in. There were some cool animals but for the most part their animals were pretty lame. Oh well, here are the pictures of all the animals at the Las Vegas "Zoo" so you don't have to go pay their prices, you can just look at my pictures and you won't miss anything!

Ostriches 

Assorted birds. Mostly different types of Parrots

This wasn't necessarily an attraction but they had Koi fish so I took a picture.

Ok, so any of you who have seen Madagascar know about the dreaded Fossa. This was 1 of 2 cool exhibits at the zoo. They had a few Fossa. It's hard to see it in this picture so I took a picture of the board that tells about them. Further down there are a few more pictures of them because they had another exhibit with them. It was kind of cool to find out that the Fossa is the largest animal on the Island of Madagascar. And they weren't much bigger than your average size house cat. A little bigger but not a whole lot. Kinda crazy.

There was a peacock walking around and we tried to get it to open it's feathers but it wouldn't. But it let me stand right next to it and I probably could have touched it if I really wanted to. I opted not to but still.

This was a Chinese alligator. 

This was pretty much the extent of their reptile house. A columbian red tail boa constrictor. Jake used to have two that were 6 ft long before his mission and he said that this one looked super sick. I don't know if you can tell but down on the coil touching the glass the snake has this big cut looking thing. Jake said that's from feeding it live rats or whatever else and that they fight even after they have been swallowed and they cut up the insides of the snakes. This one had a lot of those cuts. Poor guy. 

*Side note: I have held a baby boa constrictor and it wasn't as freaky as I thought it would be. I would actually be ok with getting some if our kids want one some day.*

This is hard to see but in the back there is a huge Crocodile.

Here are more pictures of the Fossa. They weren't very photogenic. The one stood up as soon as we got there so I couldn't get a good picture of either of them. 

Here's the mountain lion they have. It was walking around but it laid down before I was able to take a picture. 

Here are the giant tortoises that they had. I think they look like E.T. What do you think? 

These were the Walabes that they had. It's hard to see but the closest one has a baby in its pouch. I tried to get a better picture but it moved away before I could. I made the picture bigger so hopefully you can see the baby.

And that was the extent of the "zoo" in Vegas. Not that impressive. Some cool animals but not much. It was tiny. Probably an eighth of the size of the Boise zoo and I think the Boise zoo is cheaper to get into! Oh well, it was still fun to go and walk around, I just with it had been more impressive.

After the zoo we decided to go to Sportsman's Warehouse. Jake wanted to look at guns and other things and since we were by it we decided to stop by. It was so fun to walk around and look at stuff that we wanted to get. We are wanting to get a bunch of camping stuff so we were looking around and seeing how much it cost and things like that. Jake also wanted to look at shoes because his school shoes were looking very sad. They were having a sale where the clearance shoes were already marked way down and then if it ended in 92 cents you got to take another 20% off. We got Jake an $80 pair of shoes for $35 :) 

 And we got me some Teva Sandals that I had been wanting for a long time so that when we go fishing or camping or whatever I can walk around in the water and not lose my flip flops or soak my shoes completely :) Mine cost almost $50 and I got them for $27 :)

Now you might be saying to yourself wow, Kelsey has put on some weight around the mid section and you would be right. I have this lovely bump because......We're having a BABY!!! :D Yay!! 

We decided to start trying the weekend of General Conference and since I am apparently super fertile girl, we found out that we were pregnant the week after Thanksgiving. Yeah all I had to do was get off birth control and think the words pregnant and it pretty much happened. haha Anyway, we took a couple of tests 

Made a Dr appt for December 19th and got the first pictures of our little bean :)
I was like one or two days shy of 8 weeks in this picture.

Don't ask where the head is, I have no idea haha I was looking at it and I think the top of it is where the head is. If you squint and kind of turn your head to the side you can sorta see the head and then maybe some legs at the bottom? haha I'm not sure. I can't wait to get the next ultrasound pictures! But that's not going to be until April :( haha

Here are some pictures of my growing belly :)

8 1/2 almost 9 weeks

 10 weeks

I am now 16 weeks 5 days. Our baby is the size of a Turnip and is around 5 inches long and weighs somewhere around 5 oz. (according to my What to Expect Pregnancy app)

My dr said that around 17 weeks is when most moms start to feel their baby move and I can't wait!

That's been our biggest news lately :) We are so excited to find out what we are having so we can start to plan and I can start to make blankets and other things for it. And so we can stop calling it "it" haha I don't really care what we have, all I care about is that it is healthy and happy.


In other news....

It's official! I have my Associates Degree! :D I am still going to go for a Bachelors but I think I am going to change my major. I have lost the interest to become a teacher and with a baby, going to class everyday is going to be kind of hard. So I have decided to look into BYU-Idaho's Online degree program and get a Bachelors Degree in Marriage and Family Studies. I took a couple of classes a few semesters ago that were for that major and I loved them! And with them being online I can stay home with the baby and still get my degree. And it will certify me for fields that I am more interested in so here's hoping it all works out!

Well I think that's about it. I think I have covered everything that has happened since we got here. I will try to be better about posting and keeping things updated here but I've said that before haha :)